THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) press
officer has not responded to my letter (Irish Examiner, December 11)
in which I suggested she should clarify where they stood regarding
human health under section 4 (2) (C) of the EPA Act 1992.

It reads: "Environmental pollution means
- the disposal of waste in a manner which would endanger human health
or harm the environment and in particular (1) create a risk to waters,
the atmosphere, land, soil, plants and animals."

Do I sense a reluctance by the Environmental
Protection Agency to accept responsibility for this part of the very
act on which the agency is founded.